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Ningen Rokudo

にんげん ろくど

Ningen Rokudo

Aliases: オスタハーゲンの鍵
Pen Names: Ostahagen no Kagi（Used as a submission pen name for the Hayakawa SF Contest and the Dengeki Novel Prize）

Profile

Gender
Unknown
Born
1995-03-02 （Nagoya, Aichi, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Nagoya, Aichi (birthplace) → Tokyo (residence)

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Original author (manga)
Active Years
2016-
Affiliations
Japan SF Writers Club
Memberships
Japan SF Writers Club

Education

Nihon University, College of Art
College of Art / Department of Literary Arts
Period: 2018–在学中（情報は2021年時点）
Country: Japan
Advisor: Keishi Aoki. Enrolled as of 2021.

Awards

Hayakawa SF Contest — Grand Prize (9th)
2021
Work: Star Shaker
Organization: Hayakawa Publishing (Hayakawa SF Contest)
Result: Winner
Dengeki Novel Prize — MediaWorks Bunko Award (28th)
2021
Work: You Can't See the Snow
Organization: Dengeki Novel Prize (MediaWorks Bunko Award)
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

BAMBOO GIRL

2016 Novel

Debut novel self-published in 2016; later republished in Bun'geisha Bunko NEO.

Coming of ageRebirth

Star Shaker

2022 Science fiction

Winner of the Hayakawa SF Contest Grand Prize. A science-fiction story exploring individuals, machines, and space.

Humanity and technologyLoneliness

You Can't See the Snow

2022 Light novel

Winner of the Dengeki Novel Prize — MediaWorks Bunko Award. A story about youth, loss, and recovery.

LossRecovery

Ten Rules of Dying Me and Your Eternity

2022 Light novel

A collection of linked stories about love and death (MediaWorks Bunko).

LoveDeath

Eating the Past (I am here) beyond you.

2023 Novel / collaborative work

A project linked to music and song, published by Ichijinsha.

MemoryTime

Tondemo Wonders Vol.1 & 2

2024 Anthology contributions

Contributions to anthologies based on other artists' concepts and collaborations.

CollaborationContemporary SF

Hundred Handles Handling the World (manga original)

2023 Manga original / Post-apocalyptic SF

Art by Anaguma Keigo. A manga for which Ningen Rokudo provided the original story; serialized on Comiplex, 3 volumes.

ApocalypseGirls and machines
Adaptations
  • [Manga] Hundred Handles Handling the World (2023)

Bibliography

  • BAMBOO GIRL
  • Star Shaker
  • You Can't See the Snow
  • Ten Rules of Dying Me and Your Eternity
  • Eating the Past (I am here) beyond you.
  • Tondemo Wonders Vol.1 & 2 (contributions)
  • Hundred Handles Handling the World (manga original)

Adaptations

  • Hundred Handles Handling the World (manga adaptation; art by Anaguma Keigo)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Clear, readable narrationBlend of speculative SF ideas with light novel pacing
Recurring Motifs
Illness and recoveryLoneliness and human connectionMemory and time

Health

  • Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
    2013（発症）
    Survived after a cord blood transplant. The illness and recovery influenced themes in the author's works.

Legacy

Gained attention as a young SF writer; contest wins led to commercial publication. Recognized for works addressing illness, recovery, and technology.

Academic Societies

  • Japan SF Writers Club

In Popular Culture

  • Active on social media (X) and influence among younger readers

Trivia

  • Developed acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2013 and survived via cord blood transplant; reported to have a blood type change from A to O.
  • Self-published 'BAMBOO GIRL' in 2016, which was later released in paperback in 2020.
  • Works submitted under the pen name 'Ostahagen no Kagi' won the Hayakawa SF Contest Grand Prize and a MediaWorks Bunko award in the Dengeki Novel Prize.